A film about the early life of the baseball star in the army, particulary his court-martial for insubordination regarding segragation.
Acting
Andre Braugher's simmering dignity before his 'Homicide' fame.
Writing
Military bureaucracy as quiet villain, racism as loud accusation.
Director
Larry Peerce
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ruby Dee was actually married to Ossie Davis, not Jackie Robinson — but she knew the Robinsons personally through civil rights circles.
The real court-martial was technically about insubordination, not segregation — the film exposes how Jim Crow used bureaucracy as camouflage.
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